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Episode 2: Roman Diaries: 9 Things You Must Eat in Italy! Italy – the name of this country is symbolic of culture, history and a world of food. Italian cuisine is probably one of the most talked about, and loved cuisines in the world. At least one Italian restaurant stands in every major city across the globe. Such is the adoration for this cuisine,  that sometimes it is connotative of only Pizza or Pasta broadly. But once we delve into their cuisine and travel the country, we get to experience their wide culinary range, and why Italians love their food so much! Here are 9 kinds of Food/ Beverage to try when travelling to Italy! Gelato :  A lso known as Ice cream in most parts of the world! But surely Gelatos of Italy are a class apart. We made it a point to try out various flavors, but I must say I loved the classic Chocolate the most. They had various options in chocolate,  fruits and even fruit sorbets,  each had their own unique flavor. Lemongrass f...

I hadn't heard of this place until about two days ago, when one of my girlfriends made a plan that we should all catch up from where we had last left off..this was a long standing plan which was  being dilly dally-ied on for the longest time. So we all finally agreed to align our timelines,and meet after work.We had to go to a place that was close to work so that we spend lesser time travelling to get to the venue, than spending with each other- quite a common concern in Mumbai. My friend chose the venue and we drove down to this place. Breeze ,  is situated on the 18th floor of a commercial tower in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. As soon as we got there, I knew that I could come here just for the view, and of course the lovely ‘cold’ breeze. The place is a Mediterranean dining. We ordered our drinks to begin with. So a big dampener to start off,was that the restaurant serves only Vegetarian. For a meat lover like me, that was a downer. However I was ok with the trade off as ...

I am quite a regular at this place…erm by that I mean I visit them once in a few weeks to a month. Well, to be honest I am visiting this place so frequently as a common friend has been hosting some fun events at this joint. Every time I have been here, I have come across warm and pleasant staff always ready to help. I frequent both the Lower Parel and the Kurla Marketcity locations.  The drinks, especially the cocktails are very good. Also they have a good range in the beer section. The food menu quite nicely compliments the place. Most of everything that I have ever tried here has been prepared nicely according to me. The pics have been taken from my latest trip, which included Draught Beer. We had lots of it. Along with a Basket of Chicken Popcorn to begin with. For the mains we ordered Original Italian Spaghetti with Prawns, and The Great Irish Fish & Chips. The dips that came along with all the fried food were quite nice.  By the time they cleared our table...